Texas
Legislature
Type of Legislature Texas has a part-time, bicameral legislature. House of Representatives: 150 members | 2-year terms Senate: 31 members…
Committee Oversight Authority
House Rules “(a) By a record vote of not less than two-thirds of those present and voting, a quorum being…
Standing Committees Focused on Oversight
House Committee on General Investigating Website Membership; jurisdiction; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and broadcast…
Committees with Jurisdictional Oversight Authority
House Agriculture & Livestock Committee Website Membership; bills in committee; schedule; and meeting notices, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and videos…
Fiscal Committees
House Committee on Appropriations Website Membership; jurisdiction; bills in committee; and meeting schedule, minutes, handouts, witness lists, and broadcast archives…
Oversight Partners
Comptroller's Office Website Mission Statement "The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas’ chief tax collector,…
Fiscal Data
Office of the Texas Governor, Budget and Policy Division Budgets, state agency preparedness reports, agency cost estimates, cost allocation plans,…
Oversight in the News
Texas legislative committee to investigate cause of Panhandle wildfires (Texas Tribune, 3/12/2024) Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has initiated a legislative…